OK, not really. But, if you try to go back in time in horror movies as far as you can go, with as few connections as possible between horror actors, how would you do it? What I mean is, if you select a horror actor with a long career, and connect them via one of their early films to a more senior actor who played in that film, and then looked for the earliest horror film you can find with the senior actor, how far back in time can you get? If you allow shitloads of "degrees of separations," o... Continue »

This has bugged me for a long time, and I think I might have finally figured it out. In 28 Weeks Later, you know the scene near the beginning, where the US-led military coalition is repopulating London? The kids in the movie arrive on a train, with a lot of other people. If you listen carefully to the background music, you might be like "hmmm, this sounds familiar, haven't I heard this somewhere before??" I think they might have drawn some of the instruments, some of the beat... (I don't kno... Continue »

I was just thinking, the next time you get in an argument with anybody about whether SotL should be considered a horror movie.... maybe compare it to Pieces? They have a lot of common ground, if you think about it. There must have been some good threads about this here, but, whatever, I was just thinking about it. Probably most non-horror fans won't know what Pieces is, but it doesn't matter. If you describe it, they should see the similarity. And no one would ever argue against Pieces bein... Continue »

This is really cool. And there must be clips from a few Trash Epics, somewhere in there, so this isn't even necessarily totally irrelevant to this site!

To some of us, Slasher franchises matter. Maybe it's a generational thing but it's true. The big picture, the integrity of it all, maybe even closure. For some reason, closure is a big one for me. That's one reason why I was never down with Rob Zombie's contributions. Because they weren't. Those movies were remakes, and going by past remakes, this is the obvious kiss of death for a franchise, regardless of how much life it had left in it. A tr... Continue »

This should be fun. You know you've watched a movie or tv show in which they depict or discuss a movie, but the movie isn't actually real. Some of those can be pretty awesome. I'll jump right into it:

"Pineapple Express 2: Blood Red" was shown in This is the End, featuring Jonah Hill as Woody Harrelson. B.F.F.F. F.F.F.F.! Rogen also had a teaser for a "Neighbors 3: Zombies Rising"


Ricky and Morty had a few golden commercials for a movie that's in theaters now, coming... Continue »

I meant to post about this here a few weeks ago, but I knew I was forgetting part of the story. (edit: what reminded me of what I had forgotten is the death of Dick Miller, because he was in The Howling. That'll make sense if you keep reading). Over Christmas vacation, my family took me to see elephant seals in their natural habitat, on the coast of California a ittle ways north of Santa Carla, whoops, Santa Cruz.

When I say "natural habitat," of course I mean a small part of their natural... Continue »

Netflix came out with this story about an assassin who wants to get out of the life, but a greedy fat man doesn't want to pay up, so boom. Here we are in one of those John-Wick type movies about an agency fucking with the wrong man.

Mads Mikkelsen plays Duncan Vizla, aka "The Black Kaiser", who's one of those Charles Bronson type of guys who doesn't say much, but he can get the job done, no questions. The movie kind of meanders about for a while, only hinting that it'll go off the rails towar... Continue »

Here it is! The results to the 2018 Turkey Challenge! The battle of the century was waged between @TromaFreak and me. Now, we finally get the results as tabulated by a Certified Public Accountant.

Those wishing to partake, please stick your names on this thread so I can get an idea of final numbers and how to work it out for the following round. It shall begin this coming Friday 1st February.

This first time around, we will be picking bands and solo artists, not songs. It is purely optional to add a link to a "best" song you feel represents them well, as of course not all of us will be familiar with everything chosen. Otherwise, those of us who are not lazy *beep*s... Continue »

It's been about 20 years since I watched this movie, so I gave it another go last night just to see how it held up. It was one of those popular 90s horror movies spawning from the success of Scream in 1996, and everyone was jumping on that bandwagon.

The movie was based on a novel, but like most teen-screams from the late 90s, the screenplay was written by Kevin Williamson. He was the go-to guy in that era, and everybody was so young and fresh to Hollywood back then, it's just crazy.

You c... Continue »

I was watching Alien with @box earlier tonight, and I have to say I quite enjoyed the movie. In the past I haven't been an alien movie fan, but my movie knowledge has expanded during this last year, and I have come to like these types of movies. Alien was really good. I like the way it immediately starts off suspenseful and is kept that way throughout the entire movie. I also like how it took place mostly on a spaceship. When they first landed, I thought the movie was going to be t... Continue »

It's the greatest story ever told, the most legendary Soap Opera in history, the peak of the Horror genre... Well, maybe Dark Shadows has never been called any of those things, but then again, it's never been called "the death of continuity", but that wouldn't be much of a stretch, either, now would it? Dark Shadows has left an impact on many of us. Perhaps the biggest impact made some 50 years ago, before episodes could be rewatched, but... Continue »

Curious to know everyone's music tastes so I think this might be a good idea for a future draft. I get the impression the majority of us enjoy rock/metal music but would be interesting to know who picks what. If anyone is not sure of a particular band/artist when it comes to voting, just YouTube their "best" song.

Anyone up for this? If not more than 8 participants, I won't bother but let's see.

I remember a time when people who viewed Hollywood mainstream movies looked down on those of us that watched lesser known low budget movies. The kind that would never be shown in a theater and if they were it was probably some back alley or hole in the wall type of place.

Nowadays, it seems at least to me, that the roles have reversed. Those that view the micro low budget movies look down on those that enjoy multi-million dollar mainstream films.

Have any of you noticed this? If so, why... Continue »

Hey, it sounds like these guys need some support. I am really not in a position to help them much myself, but if any of you guys can share this to other horror communities you have connections with, it might help. I posted here about this store a few years ago, I think. Back around 1980 or so, the owner of Dark Delicacies, Del Howlinson, was roommates with the guy who played Scott in the original Evil Dead, and the Del part of his name was incorporated into that guy's stage name, Hal Delrich.... Continue »

Check this e-mail I just got:

I am aware 72penz is your passphrases. Lets get straight to purpose. There is no one who has paid me to investigate about you. You may not know me and you are most likely wondering why you are getting this email?


in fact, i installed a software on the X video clips (porno) site and there's more, you visited this website to experience fun (you know what i mean). While you were watching video clips, your web browser started out operating as a Remot

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This is an old simulated news broadcast from the 80's, done roughly in the style of the War of the Worlds radio broadcast. It depicts a crisis involving domestic terrorists who hold the city of Charleston, South Carolina hostage with a nuclear bomb they made themselves. If you want to go straight to the most brutal part, the minute starting at about one hour thirty two minutes should do the trick for you. But, the buildup is pretty well done, if you care to follow the whole story. OK, now th... Continue »

The idea has been brewing in my head for some time. Has anyone ever had their own ideas about getting involved in something like this before? Curious to know. Obviously the main hurdle for most people is cash. No one really has vast sums of money lying around to invest (throwaway?) on a project like this but I think I could get some cash together if I really wanted to do this (and could persuade family members that I am not completely insane). Not a lot of cash, but enough for a micro-budget I r... Continue »

Yesssss.....
https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/01/14/bruce-campbell-once-again-hints-at-an-evil-dead-video-game/

Bought

Mausoleum (Blu-ray)
Blood Harvest (Blu-ray)
Forbidden Photos of a Woman Above Suspicion (Blu-ray)

Watched

Hereditary
The Gingerbread man
Black Butterfly
Ratter
It Comes at Night

Arguably two of the best directors who debuted in the '80s with some pretty similar parallels - in addition to their films largely being horror / comedies, they readily dabble in the horrors of medical science gone wrong. And the consensus is that their first two films are also their best and most widely acclaimed. I don't think there's any disputing that.

Who's your favorite of the two? And how would you rank each of their first two movies?

I think I would take Stuart Gordon, but only... Continue »

https://www.imdb.com/freedive/

Well, how about that? They don't have much, but it's free. Can't argue with that. All you need is an imdb account. I guess that's one way to make up for the destruction of free speech on the message boards, but how is this going to fare?

Amazon owns IMDb. I'm guessing this will generally be a small selection of any titles Amazon has the rights to, and these things generally change every now and then, as old titles go and new titles enter.

Not a big selecti... Continue »

In the trailer for Children of the Corn (1984) around the 35-second mark, it sounds like a kid is yelling apple pie. Am I hearing this correctly?

Would you want one? Think of it like the movie/tv database, which is technically also a video game database (but I haven't added shit). You can add titles, categorize stuff, and rate it.

You could add basic horror-ish titles and whatever else. I'm sure there are plenty of important horror novels that were adapted into films, as well as horror novelizations that could be mentioned.

I'm asking for thoughts and trying to build hype, but either way, I'm gonna add this feature because the frame... Continue »